Alias: Elodie Bouchez
Following her theater studies at the University of Paris
X, Elodie Bouchez began her professional acting career in
Serge Gainsbourg's last film, Stan the Flasher.
Bouchez became known to worldwide audiences with her touching
portrayal of a teenage girl in the critically acclaimed and
Academy Award-nominated film, Wild Reeds, directed by André
Téchiné. With that role and at the young age
of 20, she won her first César.
Following a series of cutting edge performances in various
French and international independent films, Bouchez was yet
again recognized for her stunning performance in Eric Zonca's
acclaimed first feature, The Dream Life of Angels. The film
was a worldwide commercial and critical success. For that
role alone, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1998 Cannes
Film Festival, the European Film Award for Best Actress, the
Best Actress Award at the 1999 Lumière Awards and the
Best Actress French César of 1999.
Bouchez has worked with renowned directors such as Patrice
Leconte, Cedric Klapisch, Yolande Zauberman, Ismail Merchant,
Michel Deville and Olivier Dahan. She starred in Jean-Marc
Barr and Pascal Arnold's Free Trilogy -- the English-language
features Lovers, Too Much Flesh and Being Light. She also
portrayed manic-depressive Lucie in Abdel Kechiche's La Faute
à Voltaire, which won Best First Feature at the Venice
Film Festival. She starred in the American Zoetrope production
of Roman Coppola's first feature film, CQ, which premiered
at Cannes. Additional film credits include Shooting Vegetarians,
Stormy Weather, America Brown, Sorry Haters and Brice de Nice.
Bouchez is highly respected for her risk-taking and poignant
choices. With more than 30 films to her credit, she plays
a major and essential role in contemporary French cinema.
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